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Operating Systems AIX Replace string with asterisk(*) in variable Post 302414188 by Vaddadi on Monday 19th of April 2010 11:47:35 AM
Old 04-19-2010
Replace string with asterisk(*) in variable
I was trying to replace a string ( for eg - @@asterisk@@ to * ) in variable using

Code:
cat $INFILE  | while read LINE
do
    stmt1=`echo $LINE | sed 's/@@asterisk@@/\*/g'`
    stmt=$stmt' '$stmt1
    stmt2=`echo $LINE`
    STATEMENT=$STATEMENT' '$stmt2
done
echo 'Statement with sed -- > ' $stmt 
echo 'Statement without sed -- > ' $STATEMENT

Output I am getting is
=================
Code:
Statement with sed -- >
Statement without sed -- >  INSERT INTO table1 SELECT @@ASTERISK@@ FROM table2

Seems sed is not working.. Appreciate if someone say what is wrong in this.

Thanks in advance
Last edited by Scott; 04-19-2010 at 01:29 PM.. Reason: Code tags, please...
 

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NAME

       PPI::Statement::Data - The __DATA__ section of a file

SYNOPSIS

	 # Normal content

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	 This: data
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INHERITANCE

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METHODS

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TO DO

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SUPPORT

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